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...clear that this disregard for law, custom and the opinion of mankind . . . cannot be reconciled with the Soviet Government's continued protestations of its devotion to the cause of peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: White Knuckles | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

...first number, the black-haired ecdysiast effects a white gown which can best be described as revealing. Against an artificial background of palm trees and jungle flora, Miss La Rose sings a song describing an ancient Hawaiian custom while passing out lcis to the fortunately-positioned occupants of box and front row seats. Miss La Rose's voice, her least attractive feature, is a sultry contralto. It serves the purpose, however...

Author: By Richard B. Kline, | Title: FROM THE PIT | 5/12/1950 | See Source »

Laughing with God will probably always strike most North Americans and North Europeans as something indistinguishable from laughing at God, and kissing and spitting in churches as indistinguishable from gross irreverence. But even if this gap of custom between Northern and Southern Christendom is never likely to be wholly bridged, men of good will on both sides will always appreciate honest, intelligent attempts to throw some sort of span across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beauty & the Beast | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

...McCagg stroked the Crimson shell at a 31 beat for most of the race, which was according to custom, but in the final sprint found himself compelled to take it up to 37 and then 40, a greater effort than was necessary in all but the Yale race last year...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Crew Retains Compton Cup; Beats MIT, Tigers | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

...first of his family to try. Back in 1927, Francis Biddle knocked out a novel, The Llanfear Pattern, in which the upper-crust Philadelphia hero tries to be a social rebel, finds it too much for his well-conditioned conventions. † A custom which, if generally followed by Philadelphia writers, may partly account for the notorious taste of Philadelphia's drinking water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Love in a Dying World | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

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